I rarely write reviews for apps, but this one is excellent and truly deserves the 5-star rating. I’ll keep the review short and sweet; there are many levels of varying difficulties available for free, the gameplay in the app is exactly the same as what you see in the ads for it, and while there are ads in the game, they are few and do not interrupt you in the middle of a level. This last point is what I think really separates this app from most mobile games. Other games would spam the user with ads every time they place a gem just to make a quick buck, but this developer understands the value of retaining players with a genuinely fun and free game that is supported by reasonably placed and appropriately timed ads.My only complaint is that with recent updates, the gems don’t move the same way when you remove them from the board as when you place them on the board. When you place gems, they have to be connected (next to each other or diagonally) within the same area or path, otherwise the gems stop moving. However, when you take gems off the board, the AI just chooses whichever gems are near each other even if they are not connected at all. The seemingly random selection of which gems get moved is not an added level of challenge to the game, but rather an annoying change that makes gameplay more frustrating and less relaxing. Fixing this issue and making gem removal follow the same logic as placing gems on the board would really elevate this game and cement its 5-star status.

I do not leave reviews for my app downloads, but I actually came to the App Store to try and find the place to purchase the ad-free version. I’m at level 423, and I wanted to share that the images are fun and different and I like advancing through the levels. I love the longevity of a no-time game. I really use it for mindfulness and to calm down at night. As soon as I can find the “ad-free” purchase, I will buy it immediately for $6. Actually, I think it’s also a 5-star ad experience. It has been one of the easiest and best by far of all the time-passing games—wait 5 seconds and the skip or open store button becomes visible in one of the top corners. I’ve also liked the “play” option in the ads since they offer a fun, quick version of the advertised game. I can live with the ads, but I want to support the developer!! Again, I very rarely write any sort of reviews—this is a good one—and I’m quite picky.

I’m near levels 180+ so my experience with the game is quite good if not decent compared to new players. Playing the game first, in my experience if memory serves right, once you reach about level 26 or 27 that is when the ads keeps coming in after each level is finish. After a bit, either after level 40 or level 50 the ads stops a bit, allowing the player a break from constant ads. But it does come back again. Reasoning I’m now writing a review is because I got a popup about allowing the game to track my device to have more personalized ads. In tiny font, barely able to read it clearly, there is a No Thanks button below the bright large button saying next in continuing agreement of allowing the game to track your device. If memory serves right again, the game already asked me this question near the beginning of the game but in more of the default apple popup instead of the custom looking one. The game is good and relaxing. Some of the pictures have me wondering if it is ai generated. But other then that, relaxing game. Ads are annoying and the last straw in making me write this ads was the custom popup about asking to track my device for more personalized ads and making it hard to reject it by hiding it in tiny gray font while the agreement button was large, bright, and colorful.

This was a 5-star game for me, but with whichever recent update changed the number of rows at the bottom to move things around also changed how frustrated I get trying to play this game, and if I didn’t already enjoy it an immense amount, would have dropped it straight to a two or even one star game. Now when I try and play, the area to click to move the gems to the bottom rows needs to be so perfect and exact on the open slots that most of the time, it doesn’t work and I have to tap ~4 times for it to register. The previous function, being able to tap anywhere on the lower block to move jewels to the lower rows, was much better and allowed me to play faster. Additionally, I get why the option to have more rows is better in the earlier levels as you’re learning, I would like to option to set my starting rows to two. I like this game more than others with similar mechanics specifically because of how open slots I would start with. It made this game far more fun than all the others, so I would like the ability to swap my starting rows back to 2 as default. Either that or, I would think by the progress I am (stage 362) that I would have fewer rows to start with, that it is no longer considered ‘early game’. The game kinda feels like all the others now. I’m not really a fan of the new update.